Legal Opinion
Leopold v. National Security Agency
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 11, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2014-0805PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TANYA S. CHUTEAN, United States District Judge
In March 2014, Plaintiff Jason Leopold submitted two Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests seeking records related to surveillance of federal and state judges — one to the National Security-Agency (“NSA”) and one to the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC” and, together with NSA, “Defendants”). Both agencies indicated that they had no records responsive to the FOIA requests, prompting Plaintiff to initiate this litigation.
In July 2015, this court granted in part and denied in part Defendants’ first motion…
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